Orange Tutti Frutti Loaf – Eggless

Orange Tutti Frutti Loaf is very like wonder-cake or the flavoured cakes that come in small packs. This Tutti Frutti Loaf is ridiculously easy and simple. Dump all wet ingredients together, beat well, add dry ingredients, beat till well mixed and then turn into tin and bake. The recipe uses melted butter so no creaming of butter till fluffy; it is eggless – so no separating egg whites and yolks, no soft peaks nothing. This is a simple, no-fuss recipe that yields a lovely orange flavoured loaf, specked with bright little tutti frutti chunks. Kids will love the bright colours and it’s easy enough for little fingers to hold and eat without making too much mess. I packed these tutti frutti slices for my daughter’s snacks box. I am sure these orange tutti frutti slices would sit pretty on any kid’s party table – a light and tasty bite to complement the deep fried snacks that kids adore. I adapted this recipe from Tarla Dalal’s Tiffin Treats book. I love this book, it has such pretty pictures, the cutest lunch boxes and wonderful recipes. I am sending this recipe to Srivalli’s Blogging Marathon for the theme “Kid’s Party – Finger Food” and Sowmya's Eggless Baking event.

Prep time: 15 mins

Baking time: 40-45 mins
Serves: 20 slices

Ingredients

All purpose Flour – 1-1/4 cups
Butter – 4 tbsp melted
Baking Powder – 1-1/2 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Condensed Milk – ¾ cup
Orange juice – 3 tbsp
Orange Marmalade – 3 tbsp
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Tutti Frutti – ¼ cup tossed with 1 tbsp flour + 1 tbsp for the top

Method

1.      Grease the sides and bottom of a loaf tin and set aside. Preheat oven to 180 C.

2.      Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda together twice and set aside.

3.      In a bowl, take melted butter. Add condensed milk, vanilla essence, orange juice and orange marmalade and beat well.

4.      Add the sifted flour mixture and beat on low just until the flour is completely incorporated.

5.      Add the flour-tossed tutti frutti and fold into the batter.

6.      The batter will be quite thick and will drop off a spoon slowly. Transfer this batter to a loaf tin. Sprinkle the remaining tablespoon tutti frutti on top. Bake at 180 C for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted at the centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan before using a knife to gently loosen the sides. Remove from tin, slice and serve.

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